The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-01-13
GAIN ANo AeEL.
International sunday-school Lesson fos
January 10, 1887.

Especially arranged from g. 8. Quarterly.1
Gen. 4: 8-16; commit verses 812.
g. And In process Of time IT came TO pass, that
Cain brought Of the fruit Of the ground an offer.
ing unto the Lord.
4. And Abel, he also brought Of the firstlings
Of his flock, and Of the fat thereof. And the
Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his Offering.
.. But unto Cain and to his Offering He had
no respect; nnd Cain was very wroth, and his
countenauce fell.
O. And the Lord said unto Cain: Why art thou
wroth. and why Is thy countenance falleni
Z. II thou doest WE'LL shalt thou not be 90
cepteds and II thou doest not WE'LL sin lieth OF
the door; and unto thee shall be his desire, and
thou shalt rule over him.
8. And Cain talked with Abel his brother; and
II came to pass when they were In the field that
Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew
him.
.. And the Lord said unto Cain: Where is
Abel thy brother? And he said: I know not;
Am my brothers keeper!
70. And He said: What hast thou done? the
voice Of thy brothers blood crieth unto Me
from the ground.
II. And now art thou cursed from the earth,
which hath opened her mouth to receive thy
brothers blood from thy hand.
12. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not
henceforth yield unto thee her strength; o
earth.
10. And Cain said unto the Lord: My pun
ishment is greater than con bear.
IA. Behold Thou hast driven me out this day
from the face Of the earth; and from Thy face
shall be hid; and shall be- o fugitive and O
vagabond in the earth; and 1t shall come to
pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay
me.
IS. And the Lord said unto him: Therefore,
whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be
taken on him seven-fold. And the Lord set
mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should
kill him.
16. And Cain went out from the presence Of
the Lord. and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the
east Of Eden.
T1ME-About B. G. 1876; 125 to 100 years
after Adams creation.
PLAcE-Somewhere in Eden, outside Of
the garden.
CAIN-The first-born of the human race.
His name means possession. He was a
farmer, and about 125 years old ut the time
of this lesson.
ABEL-A little younger than Cain. His
name means breath, pdpor, transformers, ex-
pressing his mothers disappointment, or
the weakness of his childhood; or it was q
prophetic presentiment of his early death.
THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD AT THIS
PERIoD-1n 1875 years there might easily
have been more than 100, 600 descendants of
Adam and Eve.
INTRoDUCroRY-A century has passed
since the sad event Of the last lesson, and
we now come to some of the consequences
of Adams sin, and the growing conflict be-
tween the good and evil in the world.
HELPS OVER HARD PLACEs-3. In process
of time: Heb, sat the end of days.; after q
number of years, or at the end of the week
or year, mutual time for Offering. T. OF
the ia. thereof: the fattest and best. Had
respect: regarded it favorably; perhaps He
Gro Hoo 10
The DIFFERENcE-Abel had faith which
led to obedience, and Cain had not (Heb
1l:D. This faith led QD to good character
and life, while Gains were bad; (2) to
bringing the best he had while it is not so
said of Cain; (3) to obedience, bringing the
prescribed offerings; (4) to repentance and
acknowledgment Of need of atonement, by
the kind Of sacrifice.
8. Countenance tell: scowled, hung his head
in anger Z. Sin Heth at the door: croucheth
like wild beast. Unto thee his desire: sin
wants to overcome him. Thou shalt ruic:
thou honldSt rule, be master over sim
Some make this last clause to mean that
Abel should still look up to Cain as the first
born and chief. g. Cain talked wih .1bel:
he went out in the fields to see him. Note
the number of sins in Cain-envy, irrever-
ence, unbelief, anger, murder, falsehood
0. Brothers keeper: we are our brothers.
keeper so far as we can help him. II.
Cursed from the Garth: cursed dway from the
land, or, the curse will come from the
land, by its being unfruitful. It was both.
IA. From the face Of the earth: Of the land Of
his home. From Thy face hid: driven from
'he worship Of God, ,and the place where He
manifested Himself. Is. Set mark upon
Cain: either gave him a sign, visible
token or put some mark on him, that,
while it would brand him as o murderer,
would be protection.
SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL REpoRys-Cain.
Abel. The difference IN their offerings.
Why was Abel accepted, and Cain not!
Gains sins and char acter, as revealed in
this chapter; envy: anger; ''my brothers.
keeper" Gains punishment. Population
of tine world at this time. Which the more
succe essful, the long-lived murderer, or the
short-lived martyrl
GOLDEN TExT-Am I my brothers. keeperl
Gen. 40
CENTRAL TRUTH-Faith leads to a noble
character and Gods blessing. Unbelief
leads to many sins and sorrows.
NEW TESTAMENT LIGHT ON OLD TESLA
MENT THEMES - What was the source OF
Abel's goodnessl Heb 11:4) What was
the source Of Gains wickedness! Il John 3:S,
l2; James 1: 13, 14.) What does the Bible
say of one who hates anotherl Il John
3:l5; Matt. 5:2l, 22.) Are anger and envy
as bad and as dangerous now as thenl
Why are there SO many quarrels among
brothers and sisters! How may this state
of things be remedieda Il John 3: 9-1S)
BEACON LIGHTS.
l. Those in the same family and under
the same training often 60 in opposite di-
rections.
2. Most quarrels are among those closely
connected together The only safeguard is
love. ..
8 Our character shows itself in all we
do, but is shown especially under tempta-
ton.
L. Want Of faith in God shows itself in
our religion, our family, our whole char.
t,cter and life.
8. Men are often angry with others on &C.
count Of that for which they alone are tc
blame.
6. Be sure your sin will find you out.
z. Sins are social; we find in Cain unbe-
lief, envy, anger, hate, murder, falsehood
8. We are our brothers. keeper SO far as
we can help or influence him.
Q. The punishment of sin will be greater
than we can bear, unless it be forsaken and
forgiven.
They that deny God destroy mans no.
bility, for certainly man Is of kin to the
beasts by his body; and II he is not of kin
to God by his spirit, he is o base and igno.